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"This is our fourth year and we've had to switch locations several times," Glenda Jones, the team captain and an employee of United Community Bank, the race's sponsor, said. "We were at Hanging Dog last year and then the past two years before that we were at the [Cherokee Hills] golf course. With all of the traffic and such out there we just decided to do it closer.
Jones spoke highly of the bank's involvement with the ACS. "We've done a beauty pageant this year....and we do bake sales on Fridays. This is actually our fourth event this year. We scheduled it for after the relay because we thought it would bring in more people. Last year it rained terribly. It was a trail-like run and everybody had mud all over them.... this is a lot better."
She forecasted this year's event to bring in approximately $7,000 for cancer research. This year's race had a larger turnout than the previous three, according to Jones, who said she had to pay a fee to include the race on the "Run and See Georgia" tour. "That's what brings a lot of people in," she said.
Jones worked to organize the race with the help of her husband Terry, who presided over the awards ceremony afterward.
With an overall time of 16:57, 37 year old Rob Hartman from Blairsville, Georgia triumphed, leading the remainder of the contestants by a wide margin.
The second male overall was 14 year old Creighton Boxberger. The overall female winner was Jennifer Bell and the second female was Kayla Retterson. The Master's award for the male went to Chris Adkins and the Master's award for the female was presented to Brenda McGovern from Alabama.
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